A Study on the Influence of Domicile of Engineering Colleges and Competency Profile of Industrial Aspirants

The authors having an industrial/academic experience for more than 3 decades in various capacities and functions both in technical and as well managerial (HRM/HRD) is able to clearly gauge the required technical competecny, practical and behavioural skills of the executing personnel to drive the organization in an expected profitable zone amidst the prevailing competitive business scenario. The authors find huge gap between the expected and existing competency among the industrial aspirants. Also the authors believe that the location of Engineering Colleges have much impact on the development of competencies among industrial aspirants and hence this study. The authors have undertaken the present Descriptive Research study among the Engineering Graduates (Fresh BE., and B. Tech.,) selected for one year Graduate Apprenticeship at a Heavy Engineering and Manufacturing Public Sector. The sample size was 149 having the mixture of major discipline in Engineering and passed out from different colleges in Tamilnadu. Data were collected at the time of their joining by using census sampling procedure through a pre-designed interview schedule. Appropriate statistical tools have been used for analysis and the results.